Oct. 6, 2011
David Weaver
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1898
david.weaver@nasa.gov
Amber Philman
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
amber.n.philman@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-209
NASA ADMINISTRATOR AVAILABLE TO MEDIA AT KENNEDY OCT. 11
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will be
available to media during a visit to the agency's Kennedy Space
Center, Fla., on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 11 a.m. EDT.
Media are invited to film Bolden and Kennedy Space Center Director
Robert Cabana as they tour the new mobile launcher and talk about the
Space Launch System, the rocket that will take astronauts farther
into space than ever before, create high-quality jobs here at home,
and provide the cornerstone for America's future human space
exploration efforts.
U.S. media who want to cover the event must apply by 4 p.m. Oct. 7.
New international media accreditation for this event is closed. All
accreditation requests need to be submitted online at:
https://media.ksc.nasa.gov
Media need to be at Kennedy's news center by 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 11 for
transportation to the event.
NASA announced plans for the development of the SLS in September. It
will carry NASA's Orion spacecraft, cargo, equipment and science
experiments to space -- providing a safe, affordable and sustainable
means of reaching the moon, asteroids and other destinations in the
solar system.
For more information about SLS, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/sls
For more information about NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy
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